Biden to require federal workers to get COVID shot, source says
His announcement is also a political calculation that Americans will be willing to accept more intrusive government intervention to bring the pandemic under control now that the country is once again averaging more than 1,000 deaths per day.
Healthcare workers at facilities receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding and teachers who work at Head Start or Early Head Start programs will need to get their shots as well.Although they were previously allowed to choose weekly testing instead of vaccination, that will no longer be an option. Anyone who isn’t fully vaccinated within three months could face disciplinary action, with limited exceptions.Roughly 80 million Americans who are eligible for the vaccines have yet to get their shots.
Biden’s efforts will probably face legal challenges, and the largest federal workers union said it expects requirements for its members will be subject to collective bargaining.Republicans swiftly condemned the announcement, signaling there will be no end to the partisanship that has compounded the pandemic’s damage since its beginning.
In his speech, Biden spoke about protecting all Americans from the coronavirus, but he also cast himself as an emissary for vaccinated Americans.
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